I Build an Aircraft Carrier in the Ming Dynasty

The Wu army in the direction of Bengbu was progressing smoothly, but Lu Guangzu's army was in trouble.

When crossing a large mountain, it encountered heavy rain and flash floods.

Not only was a large amount of equipment and materials lost, but even more than a dozen soldiers were washed away by flash floods, leaving no bones.

When they crossed this mountain, the entire army was like a defeated battle, a rout on the way to escape.

All the soldiers were downcast, listless and exhausted.

Lu Guangzu and others found a small town to rest, and they were attacked by the Qing army that night.

Originally, Wu Jun had always done a good job in preventing night attacks, but this time they were careless.

The soldiers in charge of the vigil were too tired and slept to death. The only soldier who was not asleep tried to set off a fireworks flare, but found that the fireworks were soaked in water.

As a result, Wu Jun's outposts and secret posts were caught in one pot.

The Qing army did not encounter any obstruction, successfully entered the town, and massacred the sleeping Wu army.

Wu Jun in his sleep can only be slaughtered by others.

Fortunately, the noise made by the Qing army still woke up many soldiers of the Wu army.

Immediately afterwards, more soldiers were awakened and whistles were blown as a warning.

The sound of the whistle woke most of the soldiers, and the main commander, Lu Guangzu, was also awakened.

Hearing that it was a night attack by the Qing army and had already entered the town, Lu Guangzu almost fainted on the spot.

However, at this time, he couldn't faint yet, and if the general was fainted, it would be completely bad.

"Organize soldiers immediately, form a defensive formation, and are not allowed to retreat and escape without permission."

Lu Guangzu ordered.

What he is most afraid of now is that those soldiers will run away because of fear, and it will be completely over.

After running all night, the soldiers under his command would probably all be scattered and run away. At that time, if you want to gather up those defeated soldiers, you don't know when it will be.

With the order issued, Wu Jun began to save himself.

At this time, Wu Jun's organizational ability has been well reflected.

In other armies, if they encounter a night attack, they will probably be thrown into chaos.

And this situation is very deadly.

Officers can do nothing without soldiers. And soldiers without officers are a group of headless flies.

In the chaos, it is very difficult to organize the chaotic soldiers.

Soldiers of other armies only recognize their immediate officers. And officers have always been relatively scarce.

Wu Jun's night school system has trained a large number of low-level officers with certain military literacy.

These people play a huge role in organizing.

"Our platoon leader is gone, what should we do?"

Several Wu soldiers lost their platoon leaders and lost their command in the chaos.

At this time, a sergeant stood up and said, "According to the wartime regulations, the higher-ranking officer died in battle, and the person with the highest rank takes over the command. Next, everyone follow me, and I will take everyone to meet the main force."

This Wu army soldier knows all the wartime regulations. If you dare to disobey at this time, the sergeant has the right to punish him.

It is precisely because of such strict military discipline that although these soldiers panic, they do not care about the chaos. They can only pin their hopes on this sergeant and follow him.

And the reason why this sergeant was able to become a sergeant, naturally, had his special qualities.

He insisted on studying at night school and learned a lot of military knowledge.

For example, in Wu Junzhong, there is a rule that in the event of a night attack, it is necessary to gather in the place where the fire is brightest.

The sergeant took the dozen or so soldiers to the place where the fire was the brightest. When he encountered a single or several skirmishers on the road, he would also be a sergeant and ask the other party to join in and follow.

In the end, he successfully brought these more than 20 people to the location of the large army and met a person with a higher rank.

This is a battalion commander, although not the sergeant's battalion commander, but in this special period, this battalion commander can command and mobilize them.

This is the biggest difference between them and other armies, and it is also a place that other armies cannot learn.

Those soldiers were incorporated into temporary brigades and became part of the phalanx.

At this time, their panic has gradually subsided, because they are surrounded by their own people, and they feel very safe.

Things like this were very common among the Wu army, but inconceivable in other armies.

Relying on strong grassroots officers and reserve officers, the Wu army minimized confusion and losses.

The Qing army only took advantage of it at the beginning, and when the Wu army assembled, the Qing army realized that something was wrong.

According to common sense, once the night attack is successful, the enemy will panic, chaos, and then flee. At that time, they don't need to waste any effort at all, anyway, they will just catch up and kill them.

However, this time, after they killed for a while, they found that there was no one to kill.

They can still see the enemy, but they have all gathered together and organized together. Such an organized force is not easy to deal with.

To attack those organized people at this time, they will not have the advantage of night attack.

However, the generals of the Qing army did not want to give up this great opportunity, and ordered the soldiers to try to charge.

The Qing army, who had been addicted to killing, rushed towards the Wu army's large army.

"shooting."

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When the whistle sounded, Wu Jun's soldiers didn't need to distinguish whether there was anyone in front of them. They just needed to follow the others and shoot at the front. It was very simple.

After firing a row of guns, they did not see the enemy fall, but they heard a lot of screams.

This shows that they hit a lot of people.

"Ready to reload."

The commander of the Wu army continued to shout various combat orders.

Immediately afterwards, the soldiers of the Qing army rushed forward and appeared in the sight of the soldiers of the Wu army.

At this time, Wu Jun also fired a second shot.

With a volley of ultra-close range, the Qing army fell in a large area.

This wave directly killed the Qing army, and the remaining Qing soldiers did not dare to rush any more, but turned around and fled.

Wu Jun's officers did not give orders to chase, there were too many variables at night. Having suffered a night attack, they just want to spend the night peacefully now, and they dare not expect much success.

The Qing army suffered in many directions, and seeing that the sky was about to dawn, the Qing army officers had no choice but to order a retreat.

The first part of this night attack was undoubtedly a success. However, in the later stage, it was a great failure and did not achieve the desired effect.

Originally, they expected that as long as the night attack was successful, they could completely defeat the Wu army.

But now, they have achieved a little victory in the early stage, and I am afraid they only killed about a thousand people.

Although this result is not bad, but the gap with the plan is still too big.

Why this happened, the Qing army general in charge of the night raid couldn't figure it out.